This article examines panel data evidence to investigate the linkage between insurer performance proxied by investment yield and several economic and firm-specific factors in the United Kingdom life insurance industry. The empirical results indicate that investment yield is positively related...

This study analyses the extent and effects of macroeconomic and firm-specific factors on insurer liquidity in the context of UK life companies with panel data for the period 1985 to 2002. Ordinary least squares regressions, static and dynamic panel data models are estimated. Econometric tests...

This paper examines the solvency determinants, including economic and firm-specific factors, in the United Kingdom life insurance market. Using panel data for 1986-1999, it is found that solvency was positively related to bonds-to-total assets, equities-to-total assets, and level of new...

This article reports the holdings of derivatives contracts in the UK general insurance industry and investigates the relationship between the usage and insurer organizational characteristics with panel data for the period 1994 to 2002. Overall it seems that the use of derivatives instruments in...